http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2164/schedule/2/madeThe Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1993Right to buy your homeCouncil tenanciesHousingKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-04-03HOUSING, SCOTLANDThese Regulations revoke and re-enact with amendments the Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1993Sch. 2 para. 82The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013Sch. 3 para. 2(a)art. 1The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1993Sch. 2 para. 82The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013Sch. 3 para. 2(b)art. 1The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1993Sch. 2The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005art. 2Sch. para. 19art. 1The Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) (Scotland) Regulations 1993Sch. 2 para. 82The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2005sch. 1 para. 15art. 1SCHEDULE 2THE RIGHT TO BUY PROVISIONS AS THEY APPLY IN CASES WHERE THE RIGHT TO BUY IS PRESERVED RIGHT TO BUYRegulation 4Qualifying person’s right to purchase611Notwithstanding anything contained in any agreement, a qualifying person (or such one or more of qualifying persons as may be agreed between them) shall, subject to this Part, have the right to purchase the qualifying house at a price fixed under section 62.2This section applies to every qualifying house where–bthe landlord is the heritable proprietor of the qualifying house; andcimmediately prior to the date of service of an application to purchase, the qualifying person has been for not less than 2 years in occupation of a house (including accommodation provided as mentioned in subsection (11)(n)) or of a succession of houses provided by any persons mentioned in subsection (11) or of the qualifying house or any other house provided by the landlord which was a qualifying house.2AFor the purposes of subsection (2)(c), where the house or qualifying house was provided by a housing association which, at any time while that house was so provided, was not a registered housing association, the association shall, if it became a registered housing association at any later time, be deemed to have been a registered housing association at all times since it first provided that house.3This section also applies to a qualifying house let to the qualifying person following acquisition by the landlord of a defective dwelling previously purchased by the qualifying person if the qualifying person would not otherwise have the right to purchase under this Part; and where it so applies–aparagraph (c) of subsection (2) shall not have effect;bthe words “beyond 2” in section 62(3)(b) shall not have effect.4This section does not apply–ato a qualifying house that is one of a group which has been provided with facilities (including a call system and the services of a warden) specially designed or adapted for the needs of persons of pensionable age or disabled persons; orbwhere a landlord which is a registered housing association has at no time received a grant under–iany enactment mentioned in paragraph 2 of Schedule I to the Housing Associations Act 1985() (grants under enactments superseded by the Housing Act 1974());iisection 31 of the Housing Act 1974 (management grants);iiisection 41 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (housing association grants);ivsection 54 of that Act (revenue deficit grants);vsection 55 of that Act (hostel deficit grants); orvisection 59(2) of that Act (grants by local authorities); orviisection 50 of the Housing Act 1988 (housing association grants); orviiisection 51 of that Act (revenue deficit grants); orcwhere such a landlord has at no time let (or had available for letting) more than 100 dwellings; orfwhere, within a neighbourhood, the qualifying house is one of a number (not exceeding 14) of houses with a common landlord, being a landlord which is a registered housing association, and it is the practice of that landlord to let at least one half of those houses for occupation by any or all of the following–ipersons who have suffered from, or are suffering from, mental disorder (as defined in the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984()), physical handicap or addiction to alcohol or other drugs;iipersons who have been released from prison or other institutions;iiiyoung persons who have left the care of a local authority,and a social service is, or special facilities are, provided wholly or partly for the purpose of assisting those persons.5Where the spouse of a qualifying person occupies the qualifying house as his only or principal home but is not himself a qualifying person, the right to purchase the qualifying house under subsection (1) shall not be exercised without the consent of such spouse.6A qualifying person may exercise his right to purchase, if he so wishes, together with one or more members of his family acting as joint purchasers, provided–athat such members are at least 18 years of age, that they have, during the period of 6 months ending with the date of service of the application to purchase, had their only or principal home with the qualifying person and that their residence in the qualifying house is not a breach of any obligation of the tenancy; orbwhere the requirements of paragraph (a) are not satisfied, the landlord has consented.7The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument amend, or add to, the descriptions of persons set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (f) of subsection (4).10In this section and the following section–areferences to occupation of a house include occupation–iin the case of more than one qualifying person, by any one of them;iiby any person occupying the house rent-free;iiias the spouse of the qualifying person or of any such person;bfor the purpose of determining the period of occupation–iiithere shall be added to the period of occupation of a qualifying house by a qualifying person any earlier period during which he was at least 16 years of age and occupied the qualifying house as a member of the family of the tenant or of a qualifying person or of one or more of the joint tenants of the house.11The persons providing houses referred to in subsection (2)(c) (occupation requirement for exercise of right to purchase) and in section 62(3)(b) (calculation of the discount from the market value) are–aa regional, islands or district council in Scotland; any local authority in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland; and the statutory predecessors of any such council or authority, or the common good of any such council, or any trust under the control of any such council;bthe Commission for the New Towns;ca development corporation, an urban development corporation; and any development corporation established under corresponding legislation in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland; and the statutory predecessors of any such authority;dScottish Homes and the Scottish Special Housing Association;ea registered housing association;fthe Housing Corporation;ga housing co-operative within the meaning of section 22 or a housing co-operative within the meaning of section 27B of the Housing Act 1985();hthe Development Board for Rural Wales;ithe Northern Ireland Housing Executive or any statutory predecessor;ja police authority or the statutory predecessors of any such authority;ka fire authority or the statutory predecessors of any such authority;la water authority in Scotland; any water authority constituted under corresponding legislation in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland; and the statutory predecessors of any such authority;mthe Secretary of State, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of the Scottish Prison Service or of a prison service for which the Home Office or the Northern Ireland Office have responsibility;nthe Crown, in relation to accommodation provided in connection with service whether by the tenant or his spouse as a member of the regular armed forces of the Crown;othe Secretary of State, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of a health board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978() or for the purposes of a corresponding board in England and Wales, or for the purposes of the statutory predecessors of any such board; or the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of a Health and Personal Services Board in Northern Ireland, or for the purposes of the statutory predecessors of any such board;pthe Secretary of State, or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of the Forestry Commission;qthe Secretary of State, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of a State Hospital provided by him under section 90 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984() or for the purposes of any hospital provided under corresponding legislation in England and Wales;rthe Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses;sthe Trinity House;tthe Secretary of State, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of Her Majesty’s Coastguard;uthe United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority;vthe Secretary of State, where the house was at the material time used for the purposes of any function transferred to him under section 1(2) of the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964() or any function relating to defence conferred on him by or under any subsequent enactment;wsuch other person as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament prescribe.The price621Subject to subsection (6A), the price at which a qualifying person shall be entitled to purchase a qualifying house under this Part shall be fixed as at the date of service of the application to purchase by subtracting a discount from the market value of the qualifying house.2The market value for the purposes of this section shall be determined by either–aa qualified valuer nominated by the landlord and accepted by the qualifying person; orbthe district valuer,as the landlord thinks fit as if the qualifying house were available for sale on the open market with vacant possession at the date of service of the application to purchase.For the purposes of this subsection, no account shall be taken of any element in the market value of the qualifying house which reflects an increase in value as a result of work the cost of which would qualify for a reimbursement under section 58.3Subject to subsection (5), the discount for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be–a32 per cent. of the market value of the qualifying house except–iwhere the qualifying house is a flat, it shall be 44 per cent. of the market value;iiwhere the qualifying house is one to which section 61(3) applies, it shall be 30 per cent. or, where it is a flat, 40 per cent. of the market value;together withban additional one per cent. or, where the qualifying house is a flat, two per cent., of the market value for every year beyond 2 of occupation by the appropriate person, preceding the date of service of the application to purchase, of a house or of a qualifying house (including accommodation provided as mentioned in section 61(11)(n)) or of a succession of houses provided by any persons mentioned in section 61(11),up to a maximum discount of 60 per cent., or where the qualifying house is a flat, 70 per cent. of the market value.3AThere shall be deducted from the discount an amount equal to any previous discount, or the aggregate of any previous discounts, received by the appropriate person on any previous purchase of a house by any of these persons from a landlord who is a person specified in subsection (11) of section 61 or prescribed in an order made under that subsection, reduced by any amount of such previous discount recovered by such a landlord.4For the purposes of subsection (3)–athe “appropriate person” is whoever of–ithe qualifying person; oriithe qualifying person’s spouse if living with him at the date of service of the application to purchase; oriiia deceased spouse if living with the qualifying person at the time of death; orivany qualifying person who is a joint purchaser of the house,has the longer or longest such occupation; andbwhere the house or qualifying house was provided by a housing association which, at any time while the house or qualifying house was so provided was not a registered housing association, the association shall, if it became a registered housing association at any later time, be deemed to have been a registered housing association at all times since it first provided the house or qualifying house,and, for the purposes of subsection (3A), the “appropriate person” is any of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) of paragraph (a).5The Secretary of State may by order made with the consent of the Treasury provide that, in such cases as may be specified in the order–athe minimum percentage discount,bthe percentage increase for each complete year of the qualifying period after the first two, orcthe maximum percentage discount,shall be such percentage higher than that specified in subsection (3), as may be specified in the order.6An order under subsection (5)–amay make different provision with respect to different cases or descriptions of case,bmay contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient, andcshall be made by statutory instrument and shall not be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.6AExcept where the Secretary of State so determines, the discount for the purpose of subsection (1) shall not reduce the price below the amount which, in accordance with a determination made by him, is to be taken as representing so much of the costs incurred in respect of the qualifying house as, in accordance with the determination, is to be treated as–aincurred in the period commencing with the beginning of the financial year of the landlord which was current 5 years prior to the date of service of the application to purchase the qualifying house or such other period as the Secretary of State may by order provide; andbrelevant for the purposes of this subsection,and if the price before discount is below that amount, there shall be no discount.6BAn order under subsection (6A) shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and may make different provision in relation to different cases or circumstances or different areas.10Where at the date of service of an offer to sell under section 63 any of the costs referred to in subsection (6A) are not known, the landlord shall make an estimate of such unknown costs for the purposes of that subsection.PROCEDUREApplication to purchase and offer to sell631A qualifying person who seeks to exercise a right to purchase a qualifying house under section 61 shall serve on the landlord a notice (referred to in this Part as an “application to purchase”) which shall be in such form as the Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument prescribe, and shall contain–anotice that the qualifying person seeks to exercise the right to purchase;ba statement of any period of occupancy of a house including the qualifying house on which the qualifying person intends to rely for the purposes of section 61 and 62; andcthe name of any joint purchaser within the meaning of section 61(6).2Where an application to purchase is served on a landlord, and the landlord does not serve a notice of refusal under section 68 or 69 it shall, within 2 months after service of the application to purchase, serve on the qualifying person a notice (referred to in this Part as an “offer to sell”) containing–athe market value of the qualifying house determined under section 62(2);bthe discount calculated under section 62(3);cthe price fixed under section 62(1);dany conditions which the landlord intends to impose under section 64; andean offer to sell the qualifying house to the qualifying person and any joint purchaser named in the application to purchase at the price referred to in paragraph (c) and under the conditions referred to in paragraph (d).Conditions of sale641Subject to section 75, an offer to sell under section 63(2) shall contain such conditions as are reasonable, provided that–athe conditions shall have the effect of ensuring that the qualifying person has as full enjoyment and use of the qualifying house as owner as he has had as tenant;bthe conditions shall secure to the qualifying person such additional rights as are necessary for his reasonable enjoyment and use of the qualifying house as owner (including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, common rights in any part of the building of which the qualifying house forms part) and shall impose on the qualifying person any necessary duties relative to rights so secured; andcthe conditions shall include such terms as are necessary to entitle the qualifying person to receive a good and marketable title to the qualifying house.2A condition which imposes a new charge or an increase of an existing charge for the provision of a service in relation to the qualifying house shall provide for the charge to be in a reasonable proportion to the cost to the landlord of providing the service.3No condition shall be imposed under this section which has the effect of requiring the qualifying person to pay any expenses of the landlord.4No condition shall be imposed under this section which has the effect of requiring the qualifying person or any of his successors in title to offer to the landlord, or to any other person, an option to purchase the qualifying house in advance of its sale to a third party, except in the case of a qualifying house which has facilities which are substantially different from those of an ordinary house and which has been designed or adapted for occupation by a person of pensionable age or disabled person whose special needs require accommodation of the kind provided by the qualifying house.5Where an option to purchase permitted under subsection (4) is exercised, the price to be paid for the qualifying house shall be determined by the district valuer who shall have regard to the market value of the qualifying house at the time of the purchase and to any amount due to the landlord under section 72 (recovery of discount on early re-sale).Variation of conditions651Where an offer to sell is served on a qualifying person and he wishes to exercise his right to purchase, but–ahe considers that a condition contained in the offer to sell is unreasonable; orbhe wishes to have a new condition included in it; orche has not previously notified the landlord of his intention to exercise that right together with a joint purchaser, but now wishes to do so; ordhe has previously notified the landlord of his intention to exercise that right together with any joint purchaser but now wishes to exercise the right without that joint purchaser,he may request the landlord to strike out or vary the condition, or to include the new condition, or to make the offer to sell to the qualifying person and the joint purchaser, or to withdraw the offer to sell in respect of the joint purchaser, as the case may be, by serving on the landlord within one month after service of the offer to sell a notice in writing setting out his request; and if the landlord agrees, it shall accordingly serve an amended offer to sell on the qualifying person within one month of service of the notice setting out the request.2A qualifying person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the landlord to agree to strike out or vary a condition, or to include a new condition, or to make the offer to sell to the qualifying person and the joint purchaser, or to withdraw the offer to sell in respect of any joint purchaser under subsection (1), or by his failure timeously to serve an amended offer to sell under the said subsection, may, within one month or, with the consent of the landlord given in writing before the expiry of the said period of one month, within two months of the refusal or failure, refer the matter to the Lands Tribunal for determination.3In proceedings under subsection (2), the Lands Tribunal may, as it thinks fit, uphold the condition or strike it out or vary it, or insert the new condition or order that the offer to sell be made to the qualifying person and the joint purchaser, or order that the offer to sell be withdrawn in respect of any joint purchaser, and where its determination results in a variation of the terms of the offer to sell, it shall order the landlord to serve on the qualifying person an amended offer to sell accordingly within 2 months thereafter.Notice of acceptance661Where an offer to sell is served on a qualifying person and he wishes to exercise h is right to purchase and–ahe does not dispute the terms of the offer to sell by timeously serving a notice setting out a request under section 65(1) or by referring the matter to the Lands Tribunal under subsection (1)(d) of section 71; orbany such dispute has been resolved;the qualifying person shall, subject to section 67(1), serve a notice of acceptance on the landlord within 2 months of whichever is the latest of–ithe service on him of the offer to sell;iithe service on him of an amended offer to sell (or if there is more than one, of the latest amended offer to sell);iiia determination by the Lands Tribunal under section 65(3) which does not require service of an amended offer to sell;iva finding or determination of the Lands Tribunal in a matter referred to it under section 71(1)(d) where no order is made under section 71(2)(b);vthe service of an offer to sell on him by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of section 71;viwhere a loan application under subsection (2)(a)(i) of section 216 (loans) has been served in accordance with that section, the service of a relative offer or refusal of loan; orviiwhere section 216(7) (loans) is invoked, the decision of the court.2Where an offer to sell (or an amended offer to sell) has been served on the qualifying person and a relative notice of acceptance has been duly served on the landlord, a contract of sale of the qualifying house shall be constituted between the landlord and the qualifying person on the terms contained in the offer (or amended offer) to sell.Abatement of purchase price on landlord’s failure before contract of sale66A1Where a qualifying person who seeks to exercise a right to purchase a qualifying house under section 61 has served an application to purchase on the landlord and the landlord–anot having served a notice of refusal, has failed to serve an offer to sell on the qualifying person within 2 months of the application;bhaving agreed to serve an amended offer to sell on the qualifying person in response to a request under section 65(1), has failed to do so within one month of the request;cfollowing an order by the Lands Tribunal to serve an amended offer to sell on the qualifying person under section 65(3), has failed to do so within 2 months of the date of the order;dfollowing a finding by the Lands Tribunal under section 68(4), has failed to serve an offer to sell within 2 months of the date of the finding; orefollowing an order by the Lands Tribunal under section 71(2)(b), has failed to serve an offer or amended offer to sell within the time specified in the order,the qualifying person may serve on the landlord a notice in writing requiring the landlord to serve on him, within one month of the date of the notice, the offer to sell or (as the case may be) the amended offer to sell which the landlord has failed to serve.2Where the landlord fails to serve the offer to sell or the amended offer to sell within one month of the date of the notice in writing under subsection (1), the price fixed under section 62 shall be reduced by the amount of rent paid by the qualifying person during the period commencing with the date on which the one month period expired and ending with the date on which the offer is served.Abatement of purchase price on landlord’s failure after contract of sale66B1Where the landlord has failed and continues to fail to deliver a good and marketable title to the qualifying person in accordance with the contract of sale, the qualifying person may at any time serve on the landlord a notice (the “initial notice of delay”) setting out the landlord’s failure and specifying–athe most recent action of which the qualifying person is aware which has been taken by the landlord in fulfilment of his duties under this Part;ba period (the “the response period”), of not less than one month beginning on the date of service of the notice, within which the service by the landlord of a counter notice under subsection (2) will have the effect of cancelling the initial notice of delay.2If there is no action under this Part which, at the beginning of the response period it was for the landlord to take in order to grant a good and marketable title to the qualifying person in implementation of the contract of sale, the landlord may serve on the qualifying person a counter notice either during or after the response period.3At any time when–athe response period specified in the initial notice of delay has expired; andbthe landlord has not served a counter notice under subsection (2),the qualifying person may serve on the landlord a notice (the “operative notice of delay”) that this subsection shall apply to the price fixed under section 62; and thereupon the price fixed under section 62 shall be reduced by the amount of rent paid by the qualifying person during the period commencing with the date of service of the operative notice of delay and ending with whichever is the earlier of the following dates–ithe date of service by the landlord of a counter notice; oriithe date of delivery by the landlord of a good and marketable title in implementation of the contract of sale.4Where the landlord has served a counter notice under subsection (2) the qualifying person (together with any joint purchaser) may, by serving on the clerk to the Lands Tribunal a copy of the initial notice of delay and of the landlord’s counter notice together with a request for the matter to be so referred, refer the matter to the Tribunal for its consideration under subsection (5).5Where the matter has been so referred to the Lands Tribunal it shall consider whether or not in its opinion action which would have enabled a good and marketable title to be delivered in implementation of the contract of sale could have been taken by the landlord and shall find accordingly.6Where the Lands Tribunal finds that action could have been taken by the landlord the qualifying person shall be entitled to serve an operative notice of delay as if the landlord had not served a counter notice and in that event the commencement date for the purposes of subsection (3) shall be the date on which an operative notice of delay could first have been served if no counter notice had been served.Provisions relating to sections 66A and 66B66C1Where there is more than one period in respect of which the price fixed under section 62 can be reduced under section 66A(2) or 66B(3), the periods may be aggregated and the price reduced by the total amount of the rent.2If the period in respect of which the price fixed can be so reduced is, or if the periods aggregated under subsection (1) together amount to, more than twelve months, the amount by which the price fixed under section 62 would, apart from this subsection, fall to be reduced shall be increased by 50% or such other percentage as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument and subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament provide.Fixed price option671Where an offer to sell (or an amended offer to sell) is served on a qualifying person, but he is unable by reason of the application of regulations made under section 216(3) (loans) to obtain a loan of the amount for which he has applied, he may, within 2 months of service on him of an offer of loan, or (as the case may be) of the date of a declarator by the sheriff under section 216(7) (loans), whichever is the later, serve on the landlord a notice to the effect that he wishes to have a fixed price option, which notice shall be accompanied by a payment to the landlord of #100, and in that event he shall be entitled to serve a notice of acceptance on the landlord at any time within 2 years of the service of the application to purchase:Provided that where, as regards the qualifying house, the qualifying person has served a loan application in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(ii) of section 216 (loans), he shall be entitled (even if the said period of 2 years has expired) to serve a notice of acceptance on the landlord within 2 months of whichever is the later of–athe service of a relative offer, or refusal, of loan; orbwhere section 216(7) is invoked, the decision of the court.2The payment of £100 mentioned in subsection (1) shall be recoverable–aby the qualifying person, when he purchases the qualifying house in accordance with that subsection or, if he does not, at the expiry of the period of 2 years mentioned therein;bby the qualifying person, when the landlord recovers possession of the qualifying house under subsection (3); orcby his personal representatives, if he dies without purchasing the qualifying house in accordance with that subsection.3The existence of a fixed price option under subsection (1) shall not prevent the landlord from recovering possession of the property in any manner which may be lawful, and in that event the option shall be terminated.Refusal of applications681Where a landlord on which an application to purchase has been served disputes the qualifying person’s right to purchase a qualifying house under section 61, it shall by notice (referred to in this Part as a “notice of refusal”) served within one month after service of the application to purchase–arefuse the application.2Where a landlord on which an application to purchase has been served, after reasonable enquiry (which shall include reasonable opportunity for the qualifying person to amend his application), is of the opinion that information contained in the application is incorrect in a material respect it shall issue a notice of refusal within 2 months of the application to purchase.3A notice of refusal shall specify the grounds on which the landlord disputes the qualifying person’s right to purchase or, as the case may be, the accuracy of the information.4Where a landlord serves a notice of refusal on a qualifying person under this section, the qualifying person may within one month thereafter apply to the Lands Tribunal for a finding that he has a right to purchase the qualifying house under section 61 on such terms as it may determine.HOUSES PROVIDED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSESSecretary of State’s power to authorise refusal to sell certain qualifying houses provided for persons of pensionable age691This section applies to a qualifying house which has facilities which are substantially different from those of an ordinary house and which has been designed or adapted for occupation by a person of pensionable age whose special needs require accommodation of the kind provided by the qualifying house.1AThis section applies only to qualifying houses first let on a secure tenancy before 1st January 1990.2Where an application to purchase a qualifying house is served on a landlord and it appears to the landlord that–athe qualifying house is one to which this section applies; andbthe qualifying person would, apart from this section, have a right under section 61 to purchase the qualifying house,the landlord may, within one month after service of the application to purchase, instead of serving an offer to sell on the qualifying person, make an application to the Secretary of State under this section.3An application under subsection (2) shall specify the facilities and features of design or adaptation which in the view of the landlord cause the qualifying house to be a qualifying house to which this section applies.4Where the Secretary of State has received an application under this section and it appears to him that the qualifying house concerned is one to which this section applies, he shall authorise the landlord to serve on the qualifying person a notice of refusal under this section, which shall be served as soon as is practicable after the authority is given and in any event within one month thereafter.5A notice of refusal served under subsection (4) shall specify the facilities and features specified for the purposes of subsection (3) and that the Secretary of State’s authority for service of the said notice has been given.6Where the Secretary of State refuses an application made under subsection (2), the landlord shall serve on the qualifying person an offer to sell under section 63(2)–awithin the period mentioned in that section; orbwhere the unexpired portion of that period is less than one month or there is not an expired portion of that period, within one month of the Secretary of State’s refusal.LANDS TRIBUNALReference to Lands Tribunal711Where–aa landlord who has been duly served with an application to purchase fails to issue timeously either an offer to sell (even if only such offer to sell as is mentioned in paragraph (d)) or a notice of refusal; orbthe Lands Tribunal has made a determination under section 65(3) (variation of terms of offer to sell) and the landlord has failed to issue an amended offer to sell within 2 months thereafter; orcthe Lands Tribunal has made a finding under section 68(4) (refusal of right to purchase) or has made an order under subsection (2)(b) of this section and the landlord has not duly progressed the application to purchase in accordance with that finding or, as the case may be, order, within 2 months thereafter; orda landlord has served an offer to sell whose contents do not conform with the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 63(2) (or where such contents were not obtained in accordance with the provisions specified in those paragraphs),the qualifying person (together with any joint purchaser) may refer the matter to the Lands Tribunal by serving on the clerk to that body a copy of any notice served and of any findings or determination made under this Part, together with a statement of his grievance.2Where a matter has been referred to the Lands Tribunal under subsection (1), the Tribunal shall consider whether in its opinion–aany of paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection apply, and if it so finds it may–igive any consent, exercise any discretion, or do anything which the landlord may give, exercise or do under or for the purposes of sections 61 to 84; andiiissue such notices and undertake such other steps as may be required to complete the procedure provided for in sections 63 and 65 to 67;and any consent given, any discretion exercised, or anything done, under the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall have effect as if it had been duly given, exercised or done by the landlord; orbparagraph (d) of that subsection applies, and if it so finds it may order the landlord to serve on the qualifying person an offer to sell, in proper form, under section 63(2) within such time (not exceeding 2 months) as it may specify.3Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of the provisions of any other enactment relating to the enforcement of a statutory duty whether under that enactment or otherwise.RECOVERABILITY OF DISCOUNTRecovery of discount on early re-sale721A qualifying person who has purchased a qualifying house in exercise of a right to purchase under section 61, or any of his successors in title, who sells or otherwise disposes of the qualifying house (except as provided for in section 73) before the expiry of 3 years from the date of service of a notice of acceptance by the qualifying person under section 66, shall on the request of the landlord be liable to repay to the landlord, in accordance with subsection (3), a proportion of the difference between the market value determined, in respect of the qualifying house, under section 62(2) and the price at which the qualifying house was so purchased.1AWhere a qualifying person has served on the landlord a notice under section 66A(1), the commencement of the period of 3 years referred to in subsection (1) shall be backdated by a period equal to the time (or, where section 66C(1) applies, the aggregate of the times) during which, by virtue of section 66A(2), any payment of rent falls to be taken into account.2Subsection (1) applies to the disposal of part of a qualifying house except in a case where–ait is a disposal by one of the parties to the original sale to one of the other parties; orbthe remainder of the qualifying house continues to be the only or principal home of the person disposing of the part.3The proportion of the difference which shall be paid to the landlord shall be–a100 per cent. where the disposal occurs within the first year after the date of service of notice,b66 per cent. where it occurs in the second such year, andc33 per cent. where it occurs in the third such year.4Where as regards a qualifying house or part of a qualifying house there is, within the period mentioned in subsection (1), more than one disposal to which that subsection would (apart from the provisions of this subsection) apply, that subsection shall apply only in relation to the first such disposal of the qualifying house, or part of the qualifying house.5Where a landlord secures the liability to make a repayment under subsection (1) the security shall, notwithstanding section 13 of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970(), have priority immediately after–aany standard security granted in security of a loan either–ifor the purchase of the qualifying house, oriifor the improvement of the qualifying house,and any interest present or future due thereon (including any such interest which has accrued or may accrue) and any expenses or outlays (including interest thereon) which may be, or may have been, reasonably incurred in the exercise of any power conferred on the lender by the deed expressing the said standard security; andbif the landlord consents, a standard security over the qualifying house granted in security of any other loan, and in relation thereto any such interest, expenses or outlays as aforesaid.6For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph (a) of subsection (5) applies to a standard security granted in security both for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) and for that mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) as it applies to a standard security so granted for only one of those purposes.7The liability to make a repayment under subsection (1) shall not be imposed as a real burden in a disposition of any interest in the qualifying house.Cases where discount <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> is not recoverable731There shall be no liability to make a repayment under section 72(1) where the disposal is made–aby the executor of the deceased owner acting in that capacity; orbas a result of a compulsory purchase order; orcin the circumstances specified in subsection (2).2The circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(c) are that the disposal–ais to a member of the owner’s family who has lived with him for a period of 12 months before the disposal; andbis for no consideration:Provided that, if the disponee disposes of the qualifying house before the expiry of the 3 year period mentioned in section 72(1), the provisions of that section will apply to him as if this was the first disposal and he was the original purchaser.DUTIES OF LANDLORDSDuties of landlords74It shall be the duty of every landlord of a qualifying house to which sections 61 to 84 and section 216 apply to make provision for the progression of applications under those sections in such manner as may be necessary to enable any qualifying person who wishes to exercise his rights under this Part to do so, and to comply with any regulations which may be made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State in that regard.Agreements affecting right to purchase751Subject to sections 61(1), 67(1) and 72(1)–ano qualifying person exercising or seeking to exercise a right to purchase under section 61(1) shall be obliged, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, to make any payment to or to lodge any deposit with the landlord which he would not have been obliged to make, or as the case may be lodge, had he not exercised (or sought to exercise) the right to purchase;ba landlord is required neither to enter into, nor to induce (or seek to induce) any qualifying person to enter into, such agreement as is mentioned in paragraph (a), or into any agreement which purports to restrict that qualifying person’s right under this Part.2Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) does not apply to the expenses in any court proceedings.POWERS OF SECRETARY OF STATESecretary of State may give directions to modify conditions of sale781Where it appears to the Secretary of State that the inclusion of conditions of a particular kind in offers to sell would be unreasonable he may by direction require landlords generally, landlords of a particular description, or particular landlords not to include conditions of that kind (or not to include conditions of that kind unless modified in such manner as may be specified in the direction) in offers to sell served on or after a date so specified.2Where a condition’s inclusion in an offer to sell–ais in contravention of a direction under subsection (1) orbin a case where the qualifying person has not by the date specified in such a direction served a relative notice of acceptance on the landlord, would have been in such contravention had the offer to sell been served on or after that date,the condition shall have no effect as regards the offer to sell.3A direction under subsection (1) may–amake different provision in relation to different areas, cases or classes of case and may exclude certain areas, cases or classes of case; andbbe varied or withdrawn by a subsequent direction so given.Secretary of State may give financial and other assistance for qualifying persons involved in proceedings791Where, in relation to any proceedings, or prospective proceedings, to which this section applies, a qualifying person is an actual or prospective party, the Secretary of State may on written application to him by the qualifying person give financial or other assistance to the applicant, if the Secretary of State thinks fit to do so:Provided that assistance under this section shall be given only where the Secretary of State considers–athat the case raises a question of principle and that it is in the public interest to give the applicant such assistance; orbthat there is some other special consideration.2This section applies to–aany proceedings under sections 61 to 84 and section 216; andbany proceedings to determine any question arising under or in connection with those sections other than a question as to market value for the purposes of section 62.3Assistance by the Secretary of State under this section may include–agiving advice;bprocuring or attempting to procure the settlement of the matter in dispute;carranging for the giving of advice or assistance by a solicitor or counsel;darranging for representation by a solicitor or counsel;eany other form of assistance which the Secretary of State may consider appropriate.4In so far as expenses are incurred by the Secretary of State in providing the applicant with assistance under this section, any sums recovered by virtue of an award of expenses, or of an agreement as to expenses, in the applicant’s favour with respect to the matter in connection with which the assistance is given shall, subject to any charge or obligation for payment in priority to other debts under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986() and to any provision of that Act for payment of any sum into the Scottish Legal Aid Fund, be paid to the Secretary of State in priority to any other debts.5Any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in providing assistance under this section shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament; and any sums received by the Secretary of State under subsection (4) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.GENERALInterpretation of this Part82In this Part and in sections 14, 19, 20 and 216, except where provision is made to the contrary,“application to purchase” has the meaning assigned to it by section 63;“family” and any reference to membership thereof shall be construed in accordance with section 83;“fire authority” means a fire authority for the purposes of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959 or a joint committee constituted by virtue of section 36(4)(b) of the Fire Services Act 1947();“heritable proprietor” in relation to a house, includes any landlord entitled under section 3 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924 (disposition of the dwelling-house etc. by persons uninfeft)() to grant a disposition of the house;“housing co-operative” has the meaning assigned to it by section 22;“landlord” means a person who lets a house to a tenant for human habitation, and includes his successors in title;“offer to sell” has the meaning assigned to it by section 63(2) and includes such offer to sell as is mentioned in section 71(1)(d);“police authority” means a policy authority in Scotland within the meaning of section 2(1) or 19(9)(b) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967() or a joint police committee constituted by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of the said section 19 and any police authority constituted in England and Wales or Northern Ireland under corresponding legislation;“secure tenancy” means a secure tenancy within the meaning of section 44;“tenancy” means any agreement under which a house is made available for occupation for human habitation, and “leases”, “let” and “lets” shall be construed accordingly;“tenant” means a person who leases a house from a landlord and who derives his right therein directly from the landlord, and in the case of joint tenancies means all the tenants.Members of a person’s family831A person is a member of another’s family for the purposes of this Act if–ahe is the spouse of that person or he and that person live together as husband and wife; orbhe is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.2For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)–aa relationship by marriage shall be treated as a relationship by blood;ba relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood;cthe stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child; andda child shall be treated as such whether or not his parents are married.Service of notices841A notice or other document which requires to be served on a person under any provision of this Part or of section 216 may be given to him–aby delivering it to him;bby leaving it at his proper address; orcby sending it by recorded delivery post to him at that address.2For the purposes of this section and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (references to service by post)() in its application to this section, a person’s proper address shall be his last known address.Application of right to buy to cases where landlord is lessee84A1Sections 61 to 84 and 216 (the “right to buy” provisions) shall, with the modifications set out in this section, apply so as to provide for–athe acquisition by the qualifying person of the landlord’s interest in the qualifying house as lessee under a registered lease of the qualifying house or of land which includes it or as assignee of that interest; andbthe obtaining of a loan by the qualifying person in that connection,as these sections apply for the purposes of the purchase of a qualifying house by the qualifying person from the landlord as heritable proprietor of it and the obtaining by the qualifying person of a loan in that connection.2References in the right to buy provisions to the purchase or sale of a qualifying house shall be construed respectively as references to the acquisition or disposal of the landlord’s interest in the qualifying house by way of a registered assignation of that interest and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.3The reference in section 61(2)(b) to the landlord’s being the heritable proprietor of the qualifying house shall be construed as a reference to the landlord’s being the holder of the interest of the lessee under a registered lease of the qualifying house or of land which includes it.4References in the right to buy provisions to the market value of or price to be paid for a qualifying house shall be construed respectively as references to the market value of the landlord’s interest in the qualifying house and to the price to be paid for acquiring that interest.5References in section 64(1) to the qualifying person’s enjoyment and use of a qualifying house as owner shall be construed as references to his enjoyment and use of it as assignee of the landlord’s interest in the qualifying house.6The reference in subsection (4) of section 64 to an option being offered to the landlord or to any other person to purchase the qualifying house in advance of its sale to a third party shall be construed as a reference to an option being offered to h ave the interest acquired by the qualifying person re-assigned to the landlord or assigned to the other person in advance of its being disposed of to a third party; and the references in subsection (5) of that section to an option to purchase shall be construed accordingly.7In this section and section 76–“registered lease” means a lease–which is recorded in the general register of sasines; orin respect of which the interest of the lessee is registered in the Land Register of Scotland,under the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857(); and“registered assignation” means, in relation to such a lease, an assignation thereof which is so recorded or in respect of which the interest of the assignee has been so registered.QUALIFYING HOUSE LOANS: SPECIAL CASESQualifying house loans to qualifying persons exercising right to purchase2161A qualifying person who seeks to exercise his right to purchase a qualifying house under Part III and who has received an offer to sell (or, as the case may be, an amended offer to sell) from the landlord shall be entitled, together with any joint purchaser under section 61(6) (and the said qualifying person and any joint purchaser are referred to in this section as “the applicant”) to apply–ain the case where the former landlord is a development corporation (including an urban development corporation) or Scottish Homes, to that body; orbin a case where the former landlord is the Housing Corporation or a housing association registered in the register maintained by the Housing Corporation, to the Housing Corporation;biin a case where the former landlord is a housing association registered in the register maintained by Scottish Homes, to Scottish Homes;cin any other case, to the local authority for the area in which the qualifying house is situated,for a loan of an amount not exceeding the price fixed under section 62 to assist him to purchase the qualifying house.2A loan application under subsection (1)–amust be served on the former landlord or other body–iwithin one month after service on the qualifying person of the offer to sell (or, where there has been service of one or more amended offers to sell or there has been a determination by the Lands Tribunal under section 65(3) which does not require the issue of an amended offer to sell, of the latest of these); oriiwithin one year and 10 months after service of the application to purchase if the qualifying person has, in terms of section 67, a fixed price option as regards the qualifying house;bshall be in such form as the Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument prescribe, and shall contain–ithe amount of the loan which the applicant seeks;iithe applicant’s annual gross income and his net income after payment of income tax and national insurance contributions;iiiany liabilities in respect of credit sales or other fixed outgoings of the applicant; andiva statement that the applicant has applied for and been unable to obtain a sufficient building society loan; andcshall be accompanied by evidence of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv) of paragraph (b).3Subject to such requirements as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument impose, a former landlord or other body which receives an application under subsection (1) shall, where it is satisfied on reasonably inquiry (which shall include reasonable opportunity for the applicant to amend his application) that the information contained in the loan application is correct, serve on the applicant an offer of loan, which shall specify a maximum amount of loan calculated in accordance with regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State.4A former landlord or other body to which the application has been made under subsection (1) shall complete its inquiries and either–aissue the offer of loan under subsection (3); orbrefuse the application on the ground that information contained in the loan application is incorrect in a material respect,within 2 months of the date of service of the loan application.5An applicant who wishes to accept an offer of loan shall do so along with his notice of acceptance under sections 66(1) or 67(1).6An offer of loan under subsection (3) together with an acceptance under subsection (5) shall constitute an agreement by the former landlord or other body, subject to such requirements as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument impose, to lend to the applicant for the purpose of purchasing the qualifying house–athe maximum amount of loan mentioned in subsection (3); orbthe amount of loan sought by the applicant,whichever is the lesser, on the execution by the applicant of a standard security over the qualifying house.7An applicant who is aggrieved by a refusal under subsection (4)(b), or by a failure to comply with the said subsection, or by the calculation of maximum amount of loan mentioned in subsection (3) may, within 2 months of the date of the refusal or failure or of the offer of loan, as the case may be, raise proceedings by way of summary application in the sheriff court for the district in which the qualifying house is situated for declarator that he is entitled to a loan in accordance with subsection (3).8Where in proceedings under subsection (7) the sheriff grants declarator that the applicant is entitled to a loan, such declarator shall have effect as if it were an offer of loan of the amount specified in the declarator duly issued under this section by the former landlord or other body.9A statutory instrument made under subsection (3) or (6) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.1985 c. 69.1974 c. 44.1984 c. 36.1985 c. 68.1978 c. 29.1984 c. 36.1964 c. 15.1970 c. 35.1986 c. 47.1947 c. 41.1924 c. 27.1967 c. 77.1978 c. 30.1857 c. 26.
